Country size comparison

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Mauritius is about 453 times smaller than Nigeria.

Nigeria is approximately 923,768 sq km, while Mauritius is approximately 2,040 sq km, making Mauritius 0.22% the size of Nigeria. Meanwhile, the population of Nigeria is ~225.1 million people (223.8 million fewer people live in Mauritius).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Nigeria vs. Mauritius uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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